Pottsville Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Pottsville Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Pottsville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Pottsville Fire Company No 1 reported income of $94k and spending of $147k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $76k to $94k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 159% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Pottsville Fire Company No 1 sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Back Stoppers of Saint Charles County ($94k), Brumley Gap Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($94k) and The West Annapolis Fire and Improvement Company ($94k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 1.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $488k against liabilities of $348k, net assets of $140k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.